PCMCIA CARDS DEFINITION (continued): standards published by the Personal Computer Memory Card International Association (PCMCIA), an industry group organized in 1989 to promote standards for both memory and I/O integrated circuit card. The PCMCIA 2.1 Standard was published in 1993. As a result, PC users can be assured of standard attachments for any peripheral device that follows the standard. A PC Card has a 68-pin connector that connects into a slot in the PC. There are three sizes (or "types") of PC Cards: TypeThickness (mm)Typical useI3.3MemoryII5.0Modems, LANs. SCSI, soundIII10.5ATA hard driveThe Type I and II cards work PCMCIA Cards definition sponsored by SearchCIO-Midmarket.com, powered by WhatIs.com an online computer dictionary

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